Benford's Law and Macroeconomic Data Quality /

This paper examines the usefulness of testing the conformity of macroeconomic data with Benford's law as indicator of data quality. Most of the macroeconomic data series tested conform with Benford's law. However, questions emerge on the reliability of such tests as indicators of data qual...

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Yazar: Gonzalez-Garcia, Jesus
Diğer Yazarlar: Pastor Campos, Gonzalo
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2009/010
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF